Would be nice to get this in one thread for statistical and research purposes. This will really help people who want to make a movie in the future, as well as those who made a movie, to compare and contrast.

10. total soundtrack composing time: dont know, but not very long
11. total screenplay writing time: Screenplay?
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 2 days aaaaaahhhh

13. total time uploading: 4 or 5 hours. It went slow but steady.
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: no idea

TheatreGuy

10-03-2006, 10:22 AM

Total Movie Time: 5 minutes, 59 seconds and 29 frames!

Total Cast: 3 (myself as the lead and 2 others. 1 actor had a 4 hour shoot, the other had a 1 hour shoot.)

Total Crew: 1 (myself) I did have a friend come in to assist with 2 shots that I couldn't pull off myself.

Total Locations: 2 (hillside cemetary and my home, both Int and Ext. Multiple set-ups in 8 different areas of my house!)

7. total raw footage: Err, not sure...maybe 180 min?
8. total shooting time: About 20 hours.
9. total editing time (including effects): Probably about 40 hours all told, though spread over a couple of weeks.

10. total soundtrack composing time: Not sure, this is Herman, but that boy is FAST.
11. total screenplay writing time: Probably about 40 hours all told. This is an idea I've been hacking on for a while, and used HorrorFest as an excuse to do it. Am writing the feature version next, and using the short to represent that.
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 2 hrs.

13. total time uploading: About 4 hours. Got kicked off in the middle of one.
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: Dunno

10. total soundtrack composing time: 12 hours
11. total screenplay writing time: made it up as we went
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: knew what we were doing, got it right the first time; 0 hours

13. total time uploading: less than an hour (uploaded once)
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: the entire time!

cinealma

10-03-2006, 12:22 PM

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12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: knew what we were doing, got it right the first time; 0 hours

That's harsh... but enviable.:)

John G.

Tom Marshall

10-03-2006, 01:54 PM

1. total movie time: 5:47 (I think)
2. total cast: 1
3. total crew: 2

4. total locations: 1
5. total money spent: Not a dime!
6. total rehearsal time: None

13. total time uploading: 5 hours
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: no idea

gwmesler

10-03-2006, 03:42 PM

As I am only an actor and not the director, I look at things a little differently:

1. total movie time: I was told 6 minutes
2. total cast: 3
3. total crew: 2 including director + a bunch of guys who stood around and watched/heckled/got in the way/distracted us.

4. total locations: 2
5. total money spent: I actually got paid to act, but the gas and dry cleaning bills ate up most of that.
6. total rehearsal time: come prepared, no rehearsal

7. total raw footage: Seems like the camera was hardly ever rolling.
8. total shooting time: 40 hours including stills for promo
9. total editing time (including effects): Thank goodness I didn't have to worry about this!

10. total soundtrack composing time: Wow, I didn't have to do this either
11. total screenplay writing time: Hmm, a lot more went into this than meets the eye.
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: WTF?

13. total time uploading: Doesn't that just take a few seconds with Cable DSL?
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: Man, I sure am glad I just had to show up and act. My 40 hour contribution seems like a drop in the bucket compared to what our director had to do. Are all you guys as nuts as he is? Do you have girlfriends, family, jobs?

13. total time uploading: 2hours
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: 30 hours?

TheatreGuy

10-03-2006, 05:47 PM

As I am only an actor and not the director, I look at things a little differently:

1. total movie time: I was told 6 minutes
2. total cast: 3
3. total crew: 2 including director + a bunch of guys who stood around and watched/heckled/got in the way/distracted us.

4. total locations: 2
5. total money spent: I actually got paid to act, but the gas and dry cleaning bills ate up most of that.
6. total rehearsal time: come prepared, no rehearsal

7. total raw footage: Seems like the camera was hardly ever rolling.
8. total shooting time: 40 hours including stills for promo
9. total editing time (including effects): Thank goodness I didn't have to worry about this!

10. total soundtrack composing time: Wow, I didn't have to do this either
11. total screenplay writing time: Hmm, a lot more went into this than meets the eye.
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: WTF?

13. total time uploading: Doesn't that just take a few seconds with Cable DSL?
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: Man, I sure am glad I just had to show up and act. My 40 hour contribution seems like a drop in the bucket compared to what our director had to do. Are all you guys as nuts as he is? Do you have girlfriends, family, jobs?
This is a funny post! If you didn't happen to catch it the first time through, I am re-printing it in its entirety. Very Funny!

10. total soundtrack composing time: 2 days
11. total screenplay writing time: 5 weeks
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 3 hours
13. total time uploading: not long
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: a lot

4. total locations: My house.
5. total money spent: We used 1 tape, so that's 5 bucks, ordered pizza twice and had a crapload of booze. I don't know how much we spent, but most of it was on booze.
6. total rehearsal time: What is this rehearsal of which you speak?

7. total raw footage: Roughly 60 minutes
8. total shooting time: I didn't keep track, but it was done on three nights, most of it on one weekend.
9. total editing time (including effects): I have no idea.

10. total soundtrack composing time: Not much. You'll understand when you hear it. I wrote a more complex score, but liked it too much to burn it on a short. You'll hear it when I eventually make my slasher feature.
11. total screenplay writing time: Allison said she wrote it in about 45 minutes. I think she was watching TV at the time (most likely Star Trek), so that probably slowed her down a tad.
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: Maybe 30 minutes. It went really smoothly.

13. total time uploading: Sunday.
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: As always... a lot.

conrad_johnson

10-03-2006, 07:29 PM

had a crapload of booze. I don't know how much we spent, but most of it was on booze.

10. total soundtrack composing time: oh that's easy...20minutes
11. total screenplay writing time: 1 hour
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 3-4 hours but it was easy, very short film

13. total time uploading: with 18kb/s do the math...I dont remember
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: something like 14 hours per day

4. total locations: 2
5. total money spent: $10-$15
6. total rehearsal time: 30 minutes (without one actor) and about 2 hours to record voice overs

7. total raw footage: 120 minutes (2 full tapes)
8. total shooting time: oh....oh....oh....during a 3 month period we had 3 days of shooting...with about 4 hours each time....so....12 hours...
9. total editing time (including effects,texts,credits): mucho mucho editing...dont want to venture a guess

10. total soundtrack composing time: ok...I should ask my brother but I guess music must took about 8 hours total...but maybe less...
11. total screenplay writing time: uh-uh....lost count of that...it was re-written and re-shaped hundreds of times...
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: more than 14 hours...

13. total time uploading: with 18kb/s do the math...I dont remember
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: something like 14 hours per day

Ralph Oshiro

10-04-2006, 12:47 AM

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13. total time uploading: 2 hours (uploaded twice)
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: 200+ hours
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Darkline

10-04-2006, 02:24 AM

$40 on 3/4 mini DV tapes? you need a new supplier :-)

But seriously, with a crew of 1 I'm really interested to see what you managed to do. Looking at this list has made me realise that most people submitting are working under extremely difficult conditions. I thought I was alone in the small crew stakes but you've totally outdone me :-).. I applaud anyone for making something with such small resources.